Given that he was no mug, I'd endeavour to have Bradman at his favourite position.

Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

Only a bunch of convicts having been beaten 3-0 and gone 9 tests without a win and won just 1 in 11 against England could go into the home series saying they will win. England will win in Australia again this winter as they are a better side which they have shown this summer. 3-0 doesn't lie girls.

Gilchrist, all things considered, has had an incredibly strage career.

Averaged 59 in his first 43 Tests (61 innings) over 3-and-a-half years, and has averaged 37 in his next 40 (61 innings). Substandard sides excluded, obviously. And in that 2nd period 37 doesn't tell an accurate story - there was one 8-Test (8 innings) streak where he averaged 107, and in the other 53 he's actually averaged 26.67.

Hutton (Leonard, not Richard)
Fredericks
Headley (George, not Ron or Dean)
Weekes (Everton, not Bam Bam)
Tendulkar of 1990-2002
Stephen Waugh of 1993-2001
Walcott (Clyde, not Theo)
Botham of 1977-1981
Hadlee (Richard, not Dayle or Dad)
Lindwall
Underwood if we were playing on uncovered wickets

IOW, there are a million all-time XIs you could pick that are about as good as each other.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."